if im looking at getting an eq pedal would i put all the eq setting on my amp at 0 or 11? im playing a Spector Spectorcore 4 through a Yamaha BBT 500-110 that my dad bought it for me as an xmas gift and it was a floor model and came with no instructions, i dont think im using it to its full potential right now but played with an EQ pedal at Guitar Center today and was surprised at how much control i could really get over the tone.
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Eqalizers
- Thread starter MorbidFlorist
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I'm assuming it can boost or cut... so put it straight up to get a "flat" tone that you can mold with the EQ pedal.
DERF...that makes a whole lot of sense...thanks. do many of you guys use them or do you try and just do it through the amp. ive got bass bass mid, mid, mid treb, and treb on mine but that pedal (boss) seemed to have much more of an effect and control over *tone than my amp
The way I've seen those pedals used 90% of the time is for having two completely different tones.
I have an SM-400S, so I basically have a 6-band EQ, and it works awesomely. You should be able to figure things out with a 5-band and NO pedal.
The biggest mistake people make when EQing is saying, "a little more of this, a lot more of this, some more of this..." and everything just gets turned up. If you make minor adjustments, being sure to turn unwanted frequencies down, you can be much more effective without ever needing a pedal.
As Keith BMI pointed out, you want to set your amp flat (and then possibly make small adjustments from there). Flat on my Eden is 0, but its in the 12 o'clock position as there is the option to either boost or cut.
Most amps nowadays tend to have active equalizers where 12 o'clock is flat.
Should you set everything flat on your amp? It's up to you. EQing at multiple points is no crime at all, and usually, the frequencies and design of your amp's EQ don't match what you'd find on a graphic EQ. That means more possibilities for sound-shaping if you mix it up a bit.
But honestly... if your amp isn't giving you the sound you're looking for by itself, you may want to consider spending more time with your amp's EQ or even getting a different amp. An EQ pedal is ideally an alternative tone - not your primary one... your amp should be handling the primary tone job!
Should you set everything flat on your amp? It's up to you. EQing at multiple points is no crime at all, and usually, the frequencies and design of your amp's EQ don't match what you'd find on a graphic EQ. That means more possibilities for sound-shaping if you mix it up a bit.
But honestly... if your amp isn't giving you the sound you're looking for by itself, you may want to consider spending more time with your amp's EQ or even getting a different amp. An EQ pedal is ideally an alternative tone - not your primary one... your amp should be handling the primary tone job!
Maybe this is a slightly different situation, but I use my sansamp as an equalizer in front of my Ampeg V4 when a particular room presents an itch I can't scratch eq-wise. I have my V4's tone controls set wherever they were in the first place and eq from there.
It's not eq on top of more eq, but that's how I use it.
It's not eq on top of more eq, but that's how I use it.
I use a BOSS EQ pedal. The GEB-7. One of the best IMO.
Whether I am using it in an "always on" situation or as a different sound, I start with whatever I want out of the amp first and then go for whatever additional shaping the pedal can give me. And often as previously posted, negative EQ-ing is often more useful. I sometimes use small amounts of specific freqs down low. I like the sound of 120hz boosted a tad.
JKT
Whether I am using it in an "always on" situation or as a different sound, I start with whatever I want out of the amp first and then go for whatever additional shaping the pedal can give me. And often as previously posted, negative EQ-ing is often more useful. I sometimes use small amounts of specific freqs down low. I like the sound of 120hz boosted a tad.
JKT
so I've got this bass overdrive pedal (Nobels ODR-B I think) and it sounds great but sometimes in a live setting it either just throws my low-end right out the window or (if I try to keep the lows up) it gets so muddy all tone is lost... I've been thinking of maybe grabbing an EQ pedal to boost low end when I hit the overdrive. thoughts/opinions?
Well you can't really boost what's not there, but if it's more a matter of having less lows than not having them at all, and EQ can help fix the problem. I've found certain fuzz pedals work well with an EQ, and I'll place the fuzz and EQ in looper so I only have to hit one switch to turn them both on.
